Fawn Weaver founded Uncle Nearest to honor the formerly enslaved master distiller who taught Jack Daniel the secret to making great whiskey. Seven years later, she owns the most successful Black-owned ...

In response to the ruling that her whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest, will be placed under a receivership, CEO Fawn Weaver took to social media to tell followers that she and the brand are still going ...

America, a Louisville-based lender, accused Fawn Weaver, the founder of a Tennessee whiskey brand, of financial fraud and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Dingwall is a Toronto-based sommelier and drinks writer. Brown-Forman BF.B ’s Jack Daniel’s Distillery and the Nearest Green ...